Sold Gallery
These pages display a number of the rare items that I have had the pleasure of selling. To view more details and a larger photograph please click on the thumbnail picture.
WW2 RAF pilot's wing.
Clean example of a WW2 period RAF pilot's padded wing. Creamy embroidered wing in clean, bright condition with paper backing to reverse (some missing). Clear evidence of having been removed from a uniform.
D.A.F. Sports Vest Emblem
Black and white embroidered emblem for the Deutsches Arbeits Front. For use on the sports vest. In excellent condition with some indications of having been removed from a vest. Clear paper RZM label to the reverse. Excellent condition.
NSRL Proficiency badge in bronze.
DRL/NSRL Proficiency badge in bronze - 1938. Good patinated bronze stickpin with enamelled swastika. In excellent condition.
ADOLF HITLER ALLACH TEA CUP AND SAUCER. 'A.H'
A surprise find at an antique fair, this is a superb example of a tea cup and saucer, marked with the party eagle and 'A H'. Adolf Hitler china, crockery and cutlery was produced in their 1000's. If Hitler came to town on a visit, then they made sure they got out the A.H. tea service!! I have not seen this type of cup before. Brilliant white china, black eagle and AH on cup and saucer. Made by the Allach factory at Dachau. Bottom of each has the green SS runes and the Allach name. Rare item, and a sure talking point!!!
Post-War unit marked MkIII British helmet.
MkIII British post-war steel helmet. In typical bronze green with the addition of a white triangle to one side - possibly 2nd Infantry Brigade. Manufacturer marked and dated, 1953 to shell with a size 7, 1954 dated lift the dot style liner. All in good condition.
WW2 10th Hussars/16th Armoured Brigade grouping.
Good paperwork and insignia grouping to Sgt. Ronald Gates -10th Hussars, 12th RTR and 16th Armoured Brigade. Quantity of paperwork including paybook, passes and release book with various booklets, pamphlets, bible , leaflets and an aerial photograph and map. Group contains Gates's dogtags, 'hussif', 16th Armoured Diabolo, 10th Hussars shoulder title and sleeve badge with Sgt. stripes. Gates' war service was mainly spent in the Desert and Italian campaigns. Interesting grouping that would benefit from further research.
SUPERB IRON CROSS 1939 1st CLASS CASED.
Just purchased from the British family, who's Grandfather bought this back and a nice army dagger! VERY nice Iron Cross in case. Case is complete with no damage, apart from a few scuffs to the lid. Interior perfect, hinge perfect. Iron cross itself is beautiful, 100% black paint with no chipping. Silver has toned with patina. Reverse is near mint with all the frosting present and all the bright silver plating to the pin etc. Not marked as far as I can see, but in wonderful, untouched condition.(AG)
Early RAF Aircrew Europe casualty group.
Group of three, 39-45, aircrew Europe and War medal group to 561257 Sgt Victor Spurr, 40 Sqn. RAF who was killed on 10 May 1940. Spurr was in a Blenheim IV which was tasked along with twelve others of 40 Sqn, of attacking Ypenburg aerodrome in the Hague as part of the RAF's response to the opening of the German attack in the West. Flying in Sgt.Thomas's aircraft as No.3 to F/L Smeddle, Spurr's aircraft was shot down, probably by Me110s, with no survivors. He is buried in the Hague(Westduin) Cemetery. The boxed group comes with original award/with sympathy slip and a quantity of research. Medals in toned condition with original ribbons and envelopes. Early casualty group.
RAF Mk IIIA flying goggles.
A good used pair of Mk IIIA flying goggles with brass, black painted frames,perspex lenses,velvet covered mask and an elasticated canvas and leather adjusting strap. Strap marked ' AM 22C/62 Goggles flying Mk IIIA' and with an AID stamp. In good used condition with wear to the mask lining and slight fraying to canvas sides which cover the spring tensioners. Lenses clear with minor, light scratching.
Wehrmacht fatique tunic.
WW2 Wehrmacht Drillichanzug jacket. Introduced in 1933 this cream/off white jacket was worn for training, work details etc. Made from a hard-wearing cotton with a herringbone weave. Clearly maker marked and size stamped 90.5 to the interior, the manner of the markings would suggest pre-war manufacture. In good condition with a scuff to front and a small contemporary repair to the rear of the collar, this tunic seems to have seen little use with pencil issue or cutting marks being visible to the interior. Matching set of RZM marked buttons. Minor marks and stains to exterior.